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Agamidae

Butterfly Agama

Leiolepis bellianaแย้ / แย้เส้น

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. reptco.co.uk

Photograph: Jannis Ackermann · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end35 °C
cool end26–29 °C
Humidity30–50 %
Enclosure76×30×30
Diet1 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
26–29°Cool side
35°Warm side
23–25°Night

Day: a real gradient, 35°C warm against 26–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 23–25°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 35 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 23-25 °C

Humidity

30–50%Target RH

The sheet states30-50 %

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesa UVB lamp

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

35 °C30–50 % RHUVB tube30 in12 in
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
30 × 12 × 12 in · 76 × 30 × 30 cmWidth × depth × height
23dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesAn adult must have a minimum cage size of 30" Long x 12" Deep x 12" High

Temperature
warm 35 °C / cool 26–29 °C / night 23–25 °C
Humidity
30-50 %

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs an adult
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesOffer a variety of live insects including crickets, mealworms, waxworms, superworms, and cockroaches. Adult and baby Butterfly Agamas should eat daily.

Common questions

What do I need for it?

Very deep substrate above all. It lives in burrows and will not settle without real digging depth.

Can I handle it?

Not really. They stay fast and wary. Keep it as an active display animal instead.

What does it eat?

A mixed diet of insects plus flowers and soft leaves. More vegetarian than people expect.

Can I keep several together?

They live in colonies in the wild, but in captivity give a very large floor and watch for bullying.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 76 × 30 × 30 cmbecause enclosure — An adult must have a minimum cage size of 30" Long x 12" Deep x 12" High
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 23-25 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 23-25 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 23-25 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 23-25 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 30-50 %
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — a UVB lamp

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

thetyedyediguana.com — lu le 2026-08-04reptco.co.uk — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.